Wyatt Skype,18, District 12 male
I shoot a three and I watch as my ball goes straight through the hoop. I rush towards the ball and begin dribbling it a for a while longer before shooting another three and it once again goes straight through the hoop. This continues for a few minutes and I sit down on the bench after a while taking a drink of my bottle of water that I snatched away from some idiot on my way here. It's pretty gloomy out here right now, it looks like it's about to rain which is prompting a lot of people to stay in today, even Jack and James didn't want to come out today, so it's just me. I can't help but take a little sigh as I continue staring at the hoop as I imagined me and my brother one day making it to the league, but that's no longer possible...
My brother Hunter died in these games last year, he was a good man but if you were a piece of shit, then he was going to treat you like one! He was a powerhouse who steamrolled through his opposition and for a long time no one was able to even remotely hurt him. I expected him to easily win these games, hell we all did, and why wouldn't we? His power, his durability and his determination was inhumane but it was only after he got shot, something that'll kill most other people when he finally seemed vulnerable and he eventually met his end...
While I'm sitting down sipping my water I see some wimpy little bitch trying to sneak by me, he's not any older than 13 but he comes from a fairly comfortable family and always has something for me to loot off of him. He notices me getting off my bench however and he makes a run for it and I suck my teeth chasing after him.
"You think you can outrun me little cunt!? I was just going to take your shit and leave you be but I'm going to stomp a mud hole in your ass now while I'm at it!" I curse at him, easily closing in on him. No one in this district is faster than me, only an absolute fool would think they can outrun me, I'll always catch you in the end!
"Just, just leave me alone please!" the cunt begs still trying his best to outrun me but I'm already within arms length of him and I prepare to grab him as we enter an alleyway but he suddenly spins around trying to punch me but I easily weave it and kick him hard in the body causing him to roll onto his back groaning in pain but he stands back up to his feet trembling and panting heavily and I only let out a chuckle as I slowly walk towards him.
"You thought you can get away from me, what a fucking moron you are, now get up and take your ass whooping!" I crack my knuckles as he continues trembling.
"You just never want to let me be…always want to rob me, always want to humiliate me, I'm not standing for this anymore, I'm not!" he gets back up to his feet and raises his hands in a very poor fighting stance and they're trembling like he's never fought a day in his life and I can't help but laugh at the site of this, truly pathetic!
"Ha, well nice little speech moron, now why don't you try doing something about it if you're so tough!" I grin at him and he rushes towards me and tries to punch me but I weave it and he tries throwing two more punches at me but I once again weave them and once again kick him hard in his body as he grunts in pain and falls against the wall clutching his stomach in pain.
"Dammit, so fast…" I can hear him groan.
"Come on little man, after that little emotional speech you just gave, is that really all you got? I walk towards him but he suddenly tries to punch me in my groin while he's on his knees and using my lightning reflexes, manage to kick his arm away in time and use my other foot to kick him in the side of his head as he cries in pain and I only chuckle walking circles around him
"Boy am I so disappointed in you, all you had to do was cower in the corner like the little bitch you always were, hand over your shit and that would've been the end of it, but no, you just gotta try to be Mr.badass huh!?" I growl angrily kicking him to the side of his head again as he cries out in pain, and I pull the little wimp back up to his feet and slam him against the brick wall burying two uppercuts into his body as he cries and coughs falling back down to his knees wheezing. I don't let up though! I pull him back up to his feet.
"Please stop, stop, don't hurt me please! You can take whatever you want, just don't hurt me please!" he pleads as I can see a bit of blood seeping from his mouth as tears run down his eyes as I grab his shirt and pull my face close to his only letting out a dark chuckle.
"Well you should've thought about that before you tried playing the tough guy, you'll never amount to anything you worthless little shit!" I spit in his face and shove him against the brick wall as hard as I can and his head slams hard against it, knocking him out cold and falls facefirst to the ground. I spit on his body again and kick him on the side of his head just for being foolish enough to try standing up to me!
"Oh my god…" I hear a female gasp.
"Whoa, what the hell! Hey knock it off!" I hear a male's voice and I turn around with a scowl on my face and see two teens at the entrance of the alleyway, a a slender male who's a few inches taller than me holding a gym bag and a short girl hiding behind him.
"What the hells wrong with you, what did that little kid do to deserve this!?" the male scolds me.
"Babe, let's just go…, you know what he did to those boys…" his bitch of a girlfriend tries to whisper to him but I'm glad she realizes this wimp is in over his head.
"To hell with that! His buddies aren't here with him, he's all alone, and I'm going to make him pay!" he glares me dropping his gym bag onto the ground and I only let out a guffaw.
"Oh yeah? And just what exactly do you plan on doing about it, bet even your little whore over there will put up a better fight while I'm making her my bitch!" I spit on the unconscious little moron again.
"You motherfucker!" he prepares to rush at me but his whore grabs his arm.
"Tyler let's just go…" She practically begs him.
"Stay out of this Remy, I've had enough of this, this fucking group of bullies just going around terrorizing everyone! Everyone was so afraid to stand up to them because Hunter was there, but none of them are nearly as strong as he was, and with him out of the picture, this group is just a joke waiting to get taken down, I'm going to put you in the ground, just like where Hunter is now, and just like no one misses him, no one will miss you either!" He does a fighting stance and I only grin but honestly, hearing that hurt me quite a bit, everyone is always so ready to talk bad about my brother, he was a good man and anyone who disrespects him, I won't show them any mercy!
"All I'm hearing is talking, if you want me gone so bad, why don't you try doing something about it, or are you just a bigger pussy than that smelly cunt your little whore has under her pants!?" I taunt him and his little whore gasps and he seems even more triggered as his face turns a flush red and his hands tremble in anger.
"Don't you talk about my girlfriend like that!" he rushes at me throwing a punch but I quickly weave and counter him landing a flush hook to his jaw causing him to drop to his knees and his whore gasps again as he jumps back up to his feet and throws two quick hooks at me but I see them coming from a mile away and easily weave them and I land another punch to his jaw knocking him to his feet yet again as he reflexively tries to create distance between us by crawling away.
"Tyler!" I hear the whore cry as I walk towards him but I can't help but cackle.
"Oh what's wrong, is that fear I'm sensing!?" I taunt the wimp but he staggers back up to his feet and tries throwing another hook at me but I duck under it and tackle him against the wall and lift him in the air before slamming him down hard on his back as he yells out in pain and I begin raining punches into his face and he tries covering up but most of them are still getting through. His face is quickly becoming a bloody mess and I'm about to punch him in his face again but I feel a pair of weak skinny arms wrap around my neck and a pair of legs wrap around my body and it only takes me a moment to realize his little whore is trying to intervene. I effortlessly swing her off of me however and she gasps as she makes it back up to her feet but continues backing up as I storm towards her.
"You see, now all you had to do was stand here and watch your 'man' take his ass beating, but you're the super hero now huh? You know how much I hate super heroes right!?" I crack my knuckles glaring her.
"Please…please don't hurt me, we'll leave you alone, I promise!" she pleads but I hear something cutting through the air behind me and I turn around in time to see Tyler's punch coming towards me and I manage to lean my head back just in time and his punch connects right into the jaw of his whore Remy who immediately collapses onto the ground unconscious, ha what a fucking shit show this is, but hey better he landed that punch on her than me!
"No, no Remy!?" Tyler cries out but I land a flush straight into his mouth that immediately knocks him down and he tries to recover but I kick him hard in the face knocking him to his back and I grab his collar with one hand and use my other hand to pound his face in repeatedly and his face is now damaged beyond recognition as it's heavily swollen, bleeding and he's even missing several teeth as he only groans and cries in pain, but I make sure not to put his lights out cause he's going to hear what I have to say!
"You little bitches always want to talk bad about my brother, he was a good man, a good fucking man and you all just cant help but stain his name like he was some sort of scumbag, you little pieces of shit will never appreciate a good person when they're around so fuck you!" I roar before landing one last punch in his face that knocks him out cold and I stomp on his face as hard as I can afterwards and hear a crack, most likely breaking his nose. Once I'm done looting the three unconscious wimps here, I walk my way back towards my home that I shared with Hunter and I walk there with my hands covered in blood as the few people who are outside immediately flees upon seeing me. Once I arrive home that's when I make my way to my restroom where I begin washing the blood off of my hands. I turn the water off once my hands are clean and I look up at the mirror, but that's when I see him behind me…my brother.
"You did good brother…" Hunter commends me and I see a proud look in his eyes but I feel my eyes begin to swell as I rest the palm of my hand on the mirror where I still see Hunter standing beside me.
"I miss you brother, I miss you man…" I hold my head down.
"I miss you too brother, but everything will be fine, you know what needs to be done tomorrow." Hunter calmly reminds me and I nod in agreement.
The day my brother died, the district treated it like it was the best thing to ever happen, some people even threw parties to 'celebrate' his death and it sickened me. Why were they so glad that a good man was murdered by some devilish bitch? No one celebrated when pieces of shit like Caleb was killed, so why when it was someone as good as Hunter?
I remember soon after he died, just walking through school still trying to process it all and when I passed by a group of boys celebrating his death like it was the greatest thing to ever happen in this world, I completely blacked out and I came to and all four of them were on the floor bloodied, and crippled. All four of them are to this to day handicapped and will likely never be able to walk again. I legally changed my surname to Skype afterwards and that's when I began seeing my brother again and it was a relief being able to see him again, being able to talk to him again and he made it clear from the get go that he wanted me to volunteer for the hunger games this year, to finish the carnage he started and…to also kill the bitch who killed him!
"I'm going to volunteer, I'm going to win but most importantly, I'm going to break every fucking bone in her body and make her beg for her life, make her regret ever fucking with you before I put her away for good!" I say through gritted teeth as Hunter grins and nods.
Genevieve, the victor from last year whose victory was an utter fluke by the way is the one responsible for Hunter's death and she only won cause she went up against the most dangerous tributes when they were at their weakest!
Look at the state Hunter was in, look at the state Hyperion was in, look at the state Emmerane was in! You think she would've stood any chance against them if they even had half their strength!? She got lucky, everything fell so perfectly in place for her and she damn well knows it! It's ok though, everyone's luck eventually runs out! When I come after her, this bitch won't even be able to touch me! Elsie and Annabeth also played a major role as they were able to injure him and weaken him to the point where a weak ass girl like her was able to go toe to toe with him and finish him off. I'm just so freaking mad they were even able to injure him to that point in the first place! Hunter eventually took care of Elise and Annabeth, they're dead so I don't give a fuck about them anymore. Caspian also played a minor role but he's also dead, so Genevieve is my only focus. I don't care if it's the last thing I do, I am going to slaughter her, I am going to torture her, I am going to make her beg me for mercy as her pathetic little life withers away and I'm going to avenge my brother!
"That's what I want to hear brother, make me proud, and I'll be with you every step of the way. Only listen to me, don't listen to a damn word Dearica has to say, I'll be your mentor!" he informs me and I nod in a agreement.
"Understood…she won't get away with this Hunter, I promise you that." I clench my fists and he lays a hand on my shoulder.
"I know you won't let me down brother, now I'll see you again soon…" he begins fading away and just like that he's gone, but I know he'll be back. I think of Genevieve again though and all of the horrible things I'm going to do to her and I clench my fists so hard that my nails are starting to tear through the skin on my palms. Genevieve, you are fucking dead!
Heather Viotto,18, District 12 female
"Heather you awake?" I hear my mother calling me from across the hall and my eyes open up, it's already the morning?
"Heather!" I hear my mother call me again.
"I'm awake mom!" I call back to her as I sit up and let out a yawn.
"Ok hurry up, breakfast is ready!' she shouts back and I drag myself to the restroom where I begin washing up. I look myself in the mirror afterwards and only gaze at myself for a moment as I'm still in the 'waking up' process. I'm about 5'10 in height, so taller than most girls here and I have a very slim figure, I'll even say underweight to an extent but not malnourished. My black hair is straight and falls down to my back and I have olive skin with wide brown eyes, a round pointed nose, relatively high cheekbones and fairly prominent jawline.
Once I exit the restroom, I open up my closet and pick out my outfit for the morning which is a relatively plain hand me down dress with several patches in it and I put on some matching shoes before meeting my family downstairs and I see my parents are awkwardly trying to distance themselves from each other as they sit on opposite sides of my two siblings. I'm the youngest of seven children. Most of my siblings are already fully grown adults that moved out a while ago and started families of their own but two of my siblings are still here, Rajani who's 23 and is a workaholic as she's trying to save up money to buy her own place soon and my brother Robbie whose 21, he's a huge prankster and usually always finds ways to annoy me but they'll always be my family and I'll always love them.
"Good morning everyone." I greet my family as I prepare to sit down but I stop in my tracks and look at Robbie who has his hand on the chair I was about to sit on, he was undoubtedly doing to pull it out from underneath me and I only give him an annoyed look.
"Dammit…" he curses under his breath.
"There's a time to joke around but you also need to grow up at times…" I tell him trying not to sound annoyed but some of it still leaks out.
"Yeah, yeah I know, I know…" he sighs.
"Yeah knock it off Robbie." My father chimes in.
"He already heard that from Heather, no need to repeat it." My mother fires back.
"Well apparently he needs to be told multiple times since it's not getting through his thick head!" My father fires back at her with a glare.
"You know what Koa I've had enough of this!" my mother yells at him but my sister Rajini suddenly punches the table and stands up from it silencing them in an instant.
"Can y'all just be quiet and eat!? Let's go one day without you two fighting, please!" she yells and my parents remain quiet but continue glaring each other. It's pretty obvious my parents aren't happy together and its been that way for a while, there's just no love left in their marriage. It doesn't go as far as them throwing punches at each other, but it's so obvious they're at their limits with each other, I will hate to be in that kind of relationship…
My parents intentionally ignore each other and Rajani and Robbie engage in a casual conversation like siblings usually do, but I'm fairly quiet as I continue eating my porridge, Its nothing personal either, I just never really have much to say.
"What about you Heather?" I hear Robbie and it brings my mind back to earth.
"What was that?" I ask.
"Let's do something after the reapings, I mean after today we're all free from ever having to go into the arena, let's go out and celebrate!" Robbie suggests.
"Sorry but I already have plans with Elon." I bluntly say and he sighs. Elon is my boyfriend of three years now, and I love him with every ounce of my soul, he's the only one that I can be fairly talkative around and I can envision myself having a future with him, getting married and even having children together, but I see how unhappy my parents are together and it honestly worries me a bit.
"Come on you're always with that dude, you can live a day without him!" he complains.
"Just let her go be with her man, you'll understand someday when you get a girlfriend!" Rajani pats his shoulder.
"Yeah, whatever." He pouts.
"I'm sorry Robbie, but let's hang out tomorrow you two, see y'all at the square." I state as I get up from my chair getting ready to head out so I can meet up with Elon. I arrive outside and I already see him walking over towards my place and I can't help but smile as I run into his arms.
"Hey, perfect timing!" he cheers hugging me back.
"Right, you just always know the perfect moment to show up!" I laugh giving him a quick kiss on the mouth.
"One of my many talents! We still got a bit of time before we have to be at the square, want to go to the park and relax for a few minutes?" he asks.
"Yeah, of course, let's go!" I hold my hand out to him and he grins for a moment before holding my hand and we take a short walk to the park where we sit down on the bench together and just take in the sunny weather and peacefulness before the streets start to become flooded.
"I'm just so glad we don't have to worry about the reapings anymore after this, we're completely out of the woods after this huh?" he does a sigh of relief.
"Yeah, and with that weight lifted off my shoulder, I can start focusing on other things now, like our future…" I admit to him and it seems to catch him a bit off guard.
"Yeah, what do you see in our future though?" he curiously asks and I can't help but chuckle a little.
"It's been three years now Elon, we're young adults now and I'm think I'm ready to start discussing what the future holds for us…" I admit.
"Yeah, I am too honestly, I was actually thinking about us moving in together…" he states and I nod.
"Yeah we can do that Elon, I actually like the sound of that!" I agree with him.
"Great, cause I have something I want to give you…" he says in a lower tone and I give him a weary look as he reaches into his pocket and pulls out a small case and begins to open it but I put my hand over it to stop him.
"Elon…wait, I…I" I stutter, this is all so sudden.
"It's ok Heather, this is just a promise ring haha, no matter what happens Heather, no matter what comes our way, it'll never separate us from each other and I know we'll always find a way back to each other if it tries!" he slips the ring on my finger and I let out a laugh mixed with a cry as I give him a long kiss, I know he tried so hard to make a powerful speech but just the fact that he gave me this ring makes me pretty emotional.
"Yes, nothing will separate us from each other, I love you Elon…" I look into his eyes.
"I love you too Heather, now let's head to the square!' he stands up from the bench and holds his hand out to me which I grab and we hold hands as we walk to the square together. It only takes us a few minutes to get there, and we have to go our separate ways for now after getting our blood drawn, so I go to the 18 year old female section as I wait for these reapings to get underway. The ever so flamboyant Pablo is in his signature leotard again as he begins the introductions and Introduces our living two victors, Yes you heard it correctly, we only have two victors now after Caleb was tragically killed last year. It didn't take long for the information to get out that Hunter was the one responsible for his death. I don't really know all the details but I knew how much Caleb hated bullies, he most likely tried to defend a tribute from him and paid the price. His wife would later commit suicide which is horrible, but apparently their young son was adopted by Dearica and her husband, but still, this guy literally ruined an entire family in the blink of an eye…
Caleb was a powerful and capable man, he was able to kill two careers which already speaks volumes but Hunter, he was just on another level completely. I knew he was a monster,I saw how he effortlessly and mercilessly beat down anyone foolish enough to stand up to him, but seeing his performance in the arena really showed this guy was practically unstoppable. Hunter and his gang were notorious bullies in this district and even with Hunter gone, the rest of the gang is still going around bullying people, mainly the smallest one though whose name is Wyatt I think? Ever since Hunter died, he's just been beating people to a bloody pulp left and right.
"You heard about those three teens they found in the alleyway yesterday? I hear they all had concussions and multiple broken bones…" I hear a girl next to me conversing with her friend.
"Oh boy, that could've only been one person…" I hear her friend sigh and yeah, I think we all have a good idea on who was responsible for that.
"Alright let's start with the gentlemen!" Pablo does a cheery spin before skipping away to the male's bowl and plucking out a name.
"Collin Havenwells!" Pablo sings and I see a small 12 year old boy literally dressed in rags being pushed out of his section towards the stage and I can hear several cries, most likely his parents and I can only look at this in shame, this poor boy…
"I volunteer!" I hear a familiar voice and I hear several gasps as I imagine everyone like me is surprised we have a volunteer. I know that voice though and within moments I see Wyatt confidently and proudly marching towards the stage in a white t shirt with basketball shorts. He's pretty short, only about 5'3 in height but his very stocky and muscular build makes for his lack of height and I know what a strong guy he is, I've seen him fight and I've also seen his speed aswell. Most of his 'opponents can't even land a single blow on him before he inevitably knocks them out. He has tan skin with blue eyes and his hair is long, wavy and nicely swept to the side of his face as he has smug look on his face.
"Whoa a volunteer, and who may you be young man?" Pablo asks but Wyatt snatches the mic from his hand and holds it to his mouth.
"The name is Wyatt Skype, younger brother of Hunter and I'm going to finish the carnage he started and walk out of this arena as the victor!" he confidently proclaims shoving the mic back to Pablo who hesitantly puts it back to his mouth.
"Well off to the females then…" Pablo spins over to the female's bowl and pulls out a name.
"Heather Viotto!" he sings and my mouth drops slightly as I still can't process everything, was I…
I involuntarily start walking towards the stage trying to seem as calm as possible and I imagine I have a deadpan look on my face right now as I try not to show any visible signs of discomfort. I reach the stage and I can already see Wyatt chuckling from the corner of my eye but I pay him no mind and try to stand upright intentionally avoiding any eye contact with my family or boyfriend so I don't lose it.
"Any volunteers?" Pablo asks but of course no one does…
"There we have it, please welcome our two tributes representing district 12 this year, shake hands you two!" Pablo announces but Hunter only scoffs at me before walking off and I once again pay him no mind as we're guided towards the justice building. I try to remain calm but Wyatt whose walking ahead of me turns around occasionally to chuckle at me while shaking his head.
"Is something funny?" I ask finally getting fed up with him.
"Yeah something is funny infact, look how pathetic and weak you are, you aren't going to last a second out there, you fucking bloodbath!" he taunts me.
"Listen, Hunter may have had his way with Annabeth, but you aren't going to be able to bully me around." I sternly tell him and his smile fades away from his face as he walks up to me, he's notablly shorter than me but I still look like a toothpick compared to his stocky build.
"Oh yeah? And just what exactly do you plan on doing about it?" he glares me and I remain quiet only giving him an irritated look.
"Yeah I didn't think so, now I advise you behave yourself unless you want to be first on my hitlist, cause I don't have any patience for you weak ass little cunts!" he threatens me once more before storming away and I can only continue looking at him in frustration as he enters his justice room, I'm going to hate this guy, and I hope he doesn't last nearly as long as Hunter did…
Here we are with the district 12 reapings and I can finally take a deep breath as this chapter was just full of violence and extreme profanity that I hope none of you took offense to. With that out of the way though We've now gotten 3 districts out of the way yay! only 9 more to go! I don't really have much else to say as I need to head to bed but I'll see you guys soon with the next chapter, till next time!